Re: Eliminating Turbo Lag

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetel.com>]

On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Steve Evans wrote:

> I recently came across an article, actually about the Ford Escort Cosworth,
> which described a system intended to eliminate loss of boost pressure when
> changing gear. The basic idea was, when the throttle was closed, to open the
> air bypass (idle control valve) fully and to retard the ignition by some 30
> degrees. The effect of is to allow a reasonable amount of fuel/air mixture
> into the engine, and for it not to be ignited in the cylinders, but rather
> in the exhaust manifold, where the resulting conflagration keeps the turbo
> spinning with the added (noisy) bonus of flames shooting out of the exhaust!!!

Hell, Audi has been doing that for YEARS! Did you ever watch any of those 
videos and hear that cool "chirp" between shifts? Thats what it is!

Bob


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